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UBRN Theorists
Sociology
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Sociology
Undergraduate 4
05/01/2012

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Marx and Engles
Definition
economic structures leads to determining other factors in life
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Tonnies
Definition
Gesselschaft and Gemienschaft

European cities have experienced a gradual shift from gemeinschaft to gesselschaft
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Durkheim
Definition
Social Solidarity: 2 forms

Organic: division of labor (he believed this one was more efficient)
Mechanical: Likeness, common beliefs and customs
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Simmel
Definition
Social Psychology

need to be a certain type of person to be a city dweller
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Weber
Definition
Ideal Type- theoretically ideal city-- the degree to which something is real
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Park
Definition
Chicago School

Empirical evidence-- lacked a theoretical basis
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Wirth
Definition
3 universal social characteristics: large population, heterogeneity, population density

Generalized too much
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Gans
Definition
The Urban Mosaic
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Fischer
Definition
subcultures

the urban experience
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Massey and Denton
Definition
argue about the importance of race

residential segragation
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Wilson
Definition
discrimination

it is class that is holding people back

social dislocation
Term
Howard
Definition
Garden Cities
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Jacobs
Definition
greatest value of city is diversity
sidewalks, streets, parks, sidewalks, and neighborhoods
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Portes and Manning
Definition
immigration-- enclaves
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Logan and Molotch
Definition
Urban Growth Coalitions increase profit and economic activity
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Burgess
Definition
Zone of transition consists primarily of light manufacture factories and ethnic neighborhoods
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Sassen
Definition
finance determines whether a city is a global city
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